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There Was A Pastor Who Had A Parrot. All The ... PRO
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jan 4, 2005 (message contributor)
There was a pastor who had a parrot. All the parrot would say was, “Let’s pray, let’s pray.” The pastor tried to teach him to say other things but to no avail. He learned that one of his deacons had a parrot. Thet parrot would only say, “Let’s kiss. Let’s kiss.” So the pastor decided to invite the deacon and his parrot over to his house. When the deacon arrived they put the parrots into the same cage to see what would happen. The deacon’s...
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Obedience Doesn't Allow You To Decide What You ...
Contributed by Stephan Brown on Nov 16, 2004
Obedience doesn’t allow you to decide what you will and won’t obey. The Words of Christ are not suggestions or advice: ...read more
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Gordon Macdonald, A Christian Author Once Said ...
Contributed by Jared Schroeder on Oct 1, 2004
Gordon MacDonald, a Christian author once said this, “The world can do almost anything as well as or even better than the church. You need not be a Christian to build houses, feed the hungry, or heal the ...read more
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Nationally, 49% Of All Marriages End In Divorce. ... PRO
Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jan 13, 2005
Nationally, 49% of all marriages end in divorce. But you might think the odds of failure are much less for couples heavily involved in church. Not so! Ministries Today reports the divorce rate up 279% in the last 27 years. Taking a survey of all ministers in all denominations, 50% of their ...read more
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Speaking Of Pit Stops, Our Church Secretary, Adra ... PRO
Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jun 3, 2005
Speaking of Pit Stops, our church secretary, Adra told me about a “pit stop” her roommate from college was forced to make the other day. She was driving to the airport when a bottle of coke that she had in the back seat exploded! Coke went everywhere! Of course that startled her, and she ...read more
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One Sunday Morning The Usher Dropped The ... PRO
Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Oct 13, 2004
One Sunday morning the usher dropped the collection plate on the floor. The money flew everywhere. Coins rolled and bills floated in the air. The congregation couldn’t help but laugh so the usher explained: “I couldn’t help but drop the plate – I ...read more
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